Author Topic: Reviving the Bullfrog - REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!!! (Read 5012 times)

Shawn · « **Reply #50 on:** November 27, 2018, 02:40:56 pm »

Quote from: mr t on November 26, 2018, 10:46:31 pm

Made the first 2 RWTB events and hope to make this one. I'm still in upstate NY and can't commit until I get to FL in a couple of weeks.

Tom Taylor COG#7173 (AKA winner of the coveted OLD FART AWARD last time}

No worries Tom...hope you can make it.

Shawn · « **Reply #51 on:** November 27, 2018, 02:42:31 pm »

Quote from: SteveJ. on November 27, 2018, 01:27:58 pm

Just registered.

The Versys has a fresh rear tire on for carving up those super gnarly coastal roads.

Glad you can make it Steve. I just registered also.

Douglas · « **Reply #52 on:** November 27, 2018, 05:07:27 pm »

I'm in bro

Sailor_chic · « **Reply #53 on:** November 27, 2018, 08:34:24 pm »

I'm a definite maybe, in my car though

SteveJ. · « **Reply #54 on:** November 28, 2018, 12:50:49 am »

Quote from: Sailor_chic on November 27, 2018, 08:34:24 pm

I'm a definite maybe, in my car though

Awesome if you can make it.

TicTac · « **Reply #55 on:** November 28, 2018, 05:39:58 am »

Quote from: Shawn on October 01, 2018, 01:14:26 pm

Patti and I have talked on several occasions about reviving the Bullfrog Rally, but it took the atmosphere of the Sat. night campfire at RWTW for us to seal the deal.

I have been a COG member for several years now, and seeing all the work put in (rally after rally), I figured it’s time to get off my arse and do something.

Ron and I talked about the (new) venue and some of the specifics and we got the ‘proper blessings’.

Although some details need to be worked out, we would like to move forward with putting it on the calendar for some time in late Jan. or Feb. ’19, but there are 2 events that we need to coordinate with…Douglas’ track weekend and Marty’s St. Augustine ‘Warm-up’. Those 2 events take precedence over the Bullfrog, so I was hoping thru the active participation in the thread that we could get consensus on scheduling all 3.

We would also like to get a sense for level of interest in attending.

MARTY, as the So. Fla. AAD, Patti and I would really appreciate your input and working with you on some of the finer details. We will do all the leg/grunt work.

Some of the specifics…

Venue: Skydive Sebastian, Fl

Camping: primarily tent camping, but there are some paved spots in the middle of the camping area for RVs, but no hook-ups, fire pit, not sure if there is any elec. in the camping area (will find out), but plenty of outlets up on the deck and in bar. There are also some more rustic camp spots across airport road which is a 20 sec walk.

Facilities: clean bathrooms and showers, restaurant/bar open all day, tiki bar open after hours, Amanda (our Hostess) said she would prefer to not have us set up any big cooking operation in the camping area because of the restaurant, but Roman-esque type cooking would be fine, as long as we don’t advertise it.

Meals: We will be working on providing the typical fri. and sat. dinners, but all other meals will be on your own.

Access: paved all the way into the camping area (one of the challenges of ‘the ranch’ was getting into/out of the property from the dirt/sand road, with the bike all loaded up).

Proximity: right off of Rt. 1 and close to restaurants, bars, banks, etc.

Cost: TBD

DISCLAIMER: THIS RALLY IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE JUMP OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT (EG. TANDEM JUMPS, GROUP DISCOUNTS, ETC.). AMANDA KNOWS DAVE FUCHS AND I, AND HAS AGREED TO HOST IT BASED SOLEY ON THAT, NOT ANY PROMISE OF POTENTIAL BUSINESS.

BULLFROG REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.
Skydive Sebastian, Sebastian FL
$30-Member, $35-Non-Member (No daily/nightly camping fees)
Jan. 4 - 6 '19

Well...Thank you guys for reviving a great social event.

What a fantastic idea to start a New Year.

Most likely I will be there on Thursday.

Looking forward to see you ALL.

Shawn · « **Reply #56 on:** November 28, 2018, 02:38:18 pm »

Quote from: Douglas on November 27, 2018, 05:07:27 pm

I'm in bro

Awesome Douglas! Glad you and Wendy can make it.

Shawn · « **Reply #57 on:** November 28, 2018, 02:43:56 pm »

Quote from: Sailor_chic on November 27, 2018, 08:34:24 pm

I'm a definite maybe, in my car though

Thanks for chiming in Nicole, it's good to hear from ya. It's a quick 50 min ride from the pizzle...hope you can make it for part or all.

Shawn · « **Reply #58 on:** November 28, 2018, 02:50:51 pm »

Quote from: TicTac on November 28, 2018, 05:39:58 am

Quote from: Shawn on October 01, 2018, 01:14:26 pm
Patti and I have talked on several occasions about reviving the Bullfrog Rally, but it took the atmosphere of the Sat. night campfire at RWTW for us to seal the deal.

I have been a COG member for several years now, and seeing all the work put in (rally after rally), I figured it’s time to get off my arse and do something.

Ron and I talked about the (new) venue and some of the specifics and we got the ‘proper blessings’.

Although some details need to be worked out, we would like to move forward with putting it on the calendar for some time in late Jan. or Feb. ’19, but there are 2 events that we need to coordinate with…Douglas’ track weekend and Marty’s St. Augustine ‘Warm-up’. Those 2 events take precedence over the Bullfrog, so I was hoping thru the active participation in the thread that we could get consensus on scheduling all 3.

We would also like to get a sense for level of interest in attending.

MARTY, as the So. Fla. AAD, Patti and I would really appreciate your input and working with you on some of the finer details. We will do all the leg/grunt work.

Some of the specifics…

Venue: Skydive Sebastian, Fl

Camping: primarily tent camping, but there are some paved spots in the middle of the camping area for RVs, but no hook-ups, fire pit, not sure if there is any elec. in the camping area (will find out), but plenty of outlets up on the deck and in bar. There are also some more rustic camp spots across airport road which is a 20 sec walk.

Facilities: clean bathrooms and showers, restaurant/bar open all day, tiki bar open after hours, Amanda (our Hostess) said she would prefer to not have us set up any big cooking operation in the camping area because of the restaurant, but Roman-esque type cooking would be fine, as long as we don’t advertise it.

Meals: We will be working on providing the typical fri. and sat. dinners, but all other meals will be on your own.

Access: paved all the way into the camping area (one of the challenges of ‘the ranch’ was getting into/out of the property from the dirt/sand road, with the bike all loaded up).

Proximity: right off of Rt. 1 and close to restaurants, bars, banks, etc.

Cost: TBD

DISCLAIMER: THIS RALLY IS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH ANY OF THE JUMP OPERATIONS AT THE AIRPORT (EG. TANDEM JUMPS, GROUP DISCOUNTS, ETC.). AMANDA KNOWS DAVE FUCHS AND I, AND HAS AGREED TO HOST IT BASED SOLEY ON THAT, NOT ANY PROMISE OF POTENTIAL BUSINESS.

BULLFROG REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN.
Skydive Sebastian, Sebastian FL
$30-Member, $35-Non-Member (No daily/nightly camping fees)
Jan. 4 - 6 '19

Well...Thank you guys for reviving a great social event.
What a fantastic idea to start a New Year.
Most likely I will be there on Thursday.
Looking forward to see you ALL.

Great Roman, I figured if you were free, you'd be there! If you're comin up thurs., I'll spend thurs. day/night up there as well...just make sure my tent is at least 50 paces from yours.

Rico · « **Reply #59 on:** November 28, 2018, 07:08:11 pm »

I'm a big maybe, I'll find out by the time I get back from PR in 2 weeks.... If anything, maybe I'll drive out there fro a day. Have to wait and see.

Shawn · « **Reply #60 on:** November 29, 2018, 12:39:31 pm »

Quote from: Rico on November 28, 2018, 07:08:11 pm

I'm a big maybe, I'll find out by the time I get back from PR in 2 weeks.... If anything, maybe I'll drive out there fro a day. Have to wait and see.

No worries Rico, I totally get that it's the holiday season, crazy work schedules, etc.

SidehackV45 · « **Reply #61 on:** November 29, 2018, 09:43:16 pm »

99.9999% sure I'll do this, lemme bounce the dates off the boss and make sure no family conflicts, although I doubt it early January.

Tom in Bradenton

Swampcat · « **Reply #62 on:** November 30, 2018, 12:03:44 am »

I should be in for Friday night/Saturday, but the boss has conscripted me to help her out at the church as interim music director until they find a new one, so I'll have to head back Saturday afternoon.

Mcfly · « **Reply #63 on:** November 30, 2018, 10:48:53 pm »

Registered.

Apple Pie a la mode moonshine for this Hoo Hah??

SidehackV45 · « **Reply #64 on:** December 01, 2018, 01:10:19 pm »

Ribbit... Ribbit...

Reg done, see y'all there.

TB

SteveJ. · « **Reply #65 on:** December 01, 2018, 01:12:37 pm »

Quote from: Mcfly on November 30, 2018, 10:48:53 pm

Registered.

Apple Pie a la mode moonshine for this Hoo Hah??

Absolutely!

Chris Mazuros · « **Reply #66 on:** December 04, 2018, 05:12:41 pm »

:beerchug:Registered

jetmech · « **Reply #67 on:** December 04, 2018, 05:15:46 pm »

Looking at schedule, hope I can make it, would be fun to celebrate my birthday with y'all if you let me on the 4th. Just being around you fine guys and gals is celebration enough though...

Shawn · « **Reply #68 on:** December 06, 2018, 01:43:42 pm »

Quote from: Swampcat on November 30, 2018, 12:03:44 am

I should be in for Friday night/Saturday, but the boss has conscripted me to help her out at the church as interim music director until they find a new one, so I'll have to head back Saturday afternoon.

Understand Ed, you have to make the boss happy or ya git fired.

Hope you can make it down for the 1st half!

Shawn · « **Reply #69 on:** December 06, 2018, 02:09:42 pm »

Quote from: Mcfly on November 30, 2018, 10:48:53 pm

Registered.

Apple Pie a la mode moonshine for this Hoo Hah??

Good deal Marty, that's a definite on the Apple Pie...come on down thurs. night.

Shawn · « **Reply #70 on:** December 06, 2018, 02:10:34 pm »

Quote from: Tom on December 01, 2018, 01:10:19 pm

Ribbit... Ribbit...

Reg done, see y'all there.

TB

Glad you can make it TB!

Shawn · « **Reply #71 on:** December 06, 2018, 02:12:40 pm »

Quote from: Chris Mazuros on December 04, 2018, 05:12:41 pm

:beerchug:Registered

Glad you can make it Chris...I figured you'd be back if we got goin' again.

Shawn · « **Reply #72 on:** December 06, 2018, 02:17:32 pm »

Quote from: jetmech on December 04, 2018, 05:15:46 pm

Looking at schedule, hope I can make it, would be fun to celebrate my birthday with y'all if you let me on the 4th. Just being around you fine guys and gals is celebration enough though...

We need a reason to celebrate after the (typical) letdown of Holidays ending...git registered Rick! Hope to see ya.

Shawn · « **Reply #73 on:** December 12, 2018, 01:26:36 pm »

Seasons Greeting!

The Bullfrog starts 3 wks. from Fri., so if you plan on attending, please try to get registered this week.

We would like to get Andrew a final count by Dec-21, so he can plan for Sat. night dinner.

For you old members, new members and forum subscribers in Fl...if you can't make the whole weekend, take a ride over for the day, any day...we'll be there.

For the 10 registered already, better turnout than I expected...thanks for participating!

Shawn · « **Reply #74 on:** December 21, 2018, 02:13:36 pm »

Quote from: Shawn on December 12, 2018, 01:26:36 pm

Seasons Greeting!

The Bullfrog starts 3 wks. from Fri., so if you plan on attending, please try to get registered this week.

We would like to get Andrew a final count by Dec-21, so he can plan for Sat. night dinner.

For you old members, new members and forum subscribers in Fl...if you can't make the whole weekend, take a ride over for the day, any day...we'll be there.

For the 10 registered already, better turnout than I expected...thanks for participating!

Bullfrog starts 2 WKS from TODAY.

We still have 10 registered, it would be nice to see a couple more COGgers come out. Please register asap if you plan on attending.

I met with Andrew this week...he's doing a great job on the beer garden and indicated that it's for our sole use for sat. dinner. He added a gas fire pit and 2 'high hat' gas heaters. Long long range forecast is sunny, but 75/52, so they may come in handy.

We haven't made a final decision on dinner menu yet, but Andrew said no worries. The Zoo bar's specialty is Sliders...Mahi (with slaw), buffalo chicken, burger, etc. etc. If we wind up with 10 as a final count, we might just do the sliders...but they will be fresh, tasty and plentiful (with some sides).

Have a great Holiday Season all!